Mike Huben's Garden Page
Last updated 10/25/07.
I do garden a bit, on my mighty 1/5 acre spread. Well, maybe more than
just a bit, since my "spread" is "spreading" onto my neighbor's lots as
well.
General Gardening
I've got about 16 flower beds of assorted sizes planted entirely with
perennials and hardy bulbs. My wife Peggy has one raised 8x4 vegetable bed.
I grow a wide range of perennials, attempting to have continuous bloom from
earliest spring to late fall. One winter, I actually had continuous bloom
throughout the whole season, which is not bad for USDA Zone 6 in Arlington,
MA (near Boston.)
My favorite perennials include daylilies (see below), Phlox of all sorts,
Epimediums, Tricyrtis, and anything else that crosses my path. I've
killed many hundred species, and have approximately 400 different
perennials (excluding daylilies) currently growing.
Daylilies
Daylilies are my major garden interest the past few years. While I
refuse to be so smitten that I myopically class other perennials as
"companion plants", I've built a medium size assortment for garden pleasure
and hybridizing. I've always wanted to hybridize again, and daylilies
are such a no-care and simple group to work with that I could not resist.
I currently have about 3000 seedlings, 1000 from each of the past 3 years.
My hybridizing:
The daylilies I grow:
Humor:
Miscellaneous:
Hybridizers with overlapping interests in early bloomers or strong
northern rebloomers (feel free to volunteer to be added to this list):
Hybridizers with ongoing breeding programs for whites
(feel free to volunteer to be added to this list):
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